Walks from Gomshall

Highly recommended

Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.

Abinger Roughs and Netley Park (National Trust)

Saint James's Church: see the remains of where a devout anchorite was encased within the church walls (30m in).

Shere (45m in)

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

7 lunch spots: Shere (30m in) — the Dabbling Duck Café (excellent), Hillys Tea Shop, the William Bray, or the White Horse; plus the Drummond Arms (1h in), Mandira's Kitchen at Silent Pool (1h15 in), or Carb Up and Go (1h45 in)

2 end-of-walk rewards: the Compasses Inn, or the Gomshall Mill

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).

Fields, wooded valley, pine woods, heathland common, stud farms and canal and riverside path into a historic town.

Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.

Abinger Roughs and Netley Park (National Trust)

Shere (30m in)

Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

4 lunch spots: Shere (30m in) — the Dabbling Duck Café (excellent), Hillys Tea Shop, or the William Bray; plus the William IV (1h in)

3 end-of-walk rewards: the Britannia, the White House, or the George Abbot

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.

Similar walks: the Saturday Walkers Club, Surrey Hills National Landscape and Blackwater Valley Nature Walks.

North Downs Way along the chalk ridge with stunning views, orchids and butterflies in season, and WWII pillboxes.

The North Downs Way: A National Trail following the chalk ridge of the North Downs with panoramic views.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: No toilets at either station.

Walk details: Surrey Hills National Landscape (turn-by-turn directions).

Greensand Ridge, heathland, hilltop moorland, woodland trails, suburban streets and a high street.

Time: 7h30 (6h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Similar walk: Blackwater Valley Nature Walks.

Broadleaf woods, heathland, sandy bridleways, open valley, fields and a picturesque Surrey Hills village.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Bluebell woods, pine forest and North Downs views, past Old Simm's Copse, West Horsley Place and Effingham Forest.

Woodland: two thirds under tree cover.

Abinger Roughs and Netley Park (National Trust; 3h15 in)

Old Simm's Copse: A tucked-away North Downs woodland renowned for its spring bluebell display.

West Horsley Place: A historic country house and cultural venue used as Button House in the BBC comedy Ghosts.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Best in April to early May; steep descent to Abinger Roughs.

Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).

Sandy ridges, downland escarpments, wooded sections, open downland, quiet valley and Surrey Hills AONB.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Similar walk: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Blackheath Common heathland, the wooded greensand ridge of Winterfold and the pretty village of Shere with its medieval church, across the Tillingbourne Valley.

Blackheath Common: A tract of sandy heathland and common land in the Tillingbourne Valley.

Winterfold: A wooded greensand ridge offering far-reaching views across the Weald.

Shere Church: The medieval parish church at the heart of one of Surrey's prettiest villages.

Shere

Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Lunch: William IV, Shere.

Walk details: Surrey Hills National Landscape (turn-by-turn directions).

Recommended: A lovely lowland walk through Abinger Roughs. A direct, fairly flat lowland walk through quiet fields at the foot of the North Downs and mostly on good sandy/greensand surfaces and partly on the National Cycle Network. Some gentle hills but nothing steep; gates but no stiles; largely avoids winter mud. Largely follows National Cycle Route 22. Both ends have stations (roughly one train an hour between them).

Woodland: a third under tree cover.

Abinger Roughs and Netley Park (National Trust)

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

1 lunch spot: the Gomshall Mill

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Circular downland walk from valley village and wooded and open sections.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Source: A variant of Guildford to Gomshall (Saturday Walkers Club).

North Downs Way, open and wooded downland and extended ridge walking.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Source: A variant of Guildford to Gomshall (Saturday Walkers Club).

Fields, wooded valley, pine woods, heathland common, stud farms and riverside path to a village station.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: A shorter variant of Gomshall to Guildford (Saturday Walkers Club).